Burial-casket.



PATBNTBD ROM- 3, 190-3 V E GUIR APPLICATION FILED APB. 5, 1902,

NO-MODEL.

INVENTTOR 5 m WITNESS-ES Rial ATTORNEY Mam No. 743,395. Patented November 3, 1903.

UNITED'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER J. MCGUIRE, OF BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO W. HIRITTER, M. A. BERKIMER, G. M. GRAHAM, DANIEL A. SLATER, THOMAS J. OBRIEN, JAMES R. BAIRD, JAMES M. MAXWELL, J. W. MOKEE, JOHN J. EEIGEL, W. M STARR, GEORGE N. BUCKHALTER, JOHN J. KENNELLY, FRED H. GOETTLER, A. M. CAMPBELL, F. W. OHAT- TIN, AND E. O. DODDS, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, H. HUTOHISON, FRANK NEUBERT, AND l-IUTOHISON, OF KITTANNING, PENNSYLVA- NIA, E. A. BUTLER, OF PARKERS LANDING, PENNSYLVANIA, HARRY I-IARKINS, OF HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA, FRANCIS FLANEGIN, OF CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND N. 'IANNER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,395, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed April 5,1902. Serial No. 101,514. (No model.)

, [ea/ll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LPETER J. MCGUIRE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Blairsville, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Burial-Caskets, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in burial-caskets, and has for its object the pro vision of a casket for putting into practice a process of preserving the dead, for which process I have filed an application for Letters Patent of even date herewith.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improved casket by two views, in which A Figure I is a plan view of the casket with the lid attached. Fig. II is a longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Further referring to the said drawings for a detailed description of said views, the numeral 1 designates a thin cast-metal casket having its interior and exterior surfaces coated with enamel to render the same absolutely non-rusting and strictly sanitary throughout.

About the upper edge of the casket is formed the outwardly-extended flange 2, around the upper surface of which is formed a groove 3, and beyond said groove at suitable intervals are formed openings through which the lidscrews 3 pass.

At the bottom of the casket, at one corner, is firmly secured a valve or cook 4 to communicate with the interior, and over this valve or cock is threadably secured a hollow foot 5, and at the other three corners are attached the non-valve-containing feet 6.

Around the lower edge of the casket is formed a flange 7, to which may be attached molding 8 for ornamental purposes.

A thin cast-metal lid 9 is provided for the.

casket, which lid is also coated upon its interior and exterior with enamel and has formed around its under side a head 10 to extend into the groove about the casket. The lid is further provided with an opening around which is formed alip 11, and upon this lip is cemented a glass plate 12 to close the opening, which glass is further secured by a frame 13, secured to'the lid.

The interior of the casket and lid may be upholstered and decorated and likewise the exterior as desired and in practice is used as follows: The corpse is placed within the casket, after which a liquid or plastic cement is placed around the groove 3. The lid is then fitted over the casket, so that the flange or head 10 enters said groove and becomes embedded in the cement, after which said lid is firmly secured to the casket proper by the screws 3, thus forming an air-tight receptacle. The foot 5 is then removed, an air-pump applied to the cook or valve 4, which valve is then opened and the air exhausted from the casket to form a vacuum. WVhen a vacuum has been established, the cook or valve is turned off and the pump detached. The foot 5 is then filled with suitable cement and replaced over the valve to maintain the vacuum, and thus preserve the body.

Thevalve or cook may be placed in the lid or at other place than the bottom of the casket and other variations in the structure be made without departing from the principles involved.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a vacuum burial-casket, the combination with the air-tight receptacle, of feet attached thereto, one of which is hollow, a valved airexhaust port com prising a tube having an exteriorly-screw-threaded collar, secured at one i In testimony whereof I have hereunto corner to the bottom of the receptacle to comsigned my name in the presence of two sub- 10 municate with the interior thereof, said holscribing Witnesses. loW foot bein rovided With interior sereW- w 5 threads to engage those of the collar, and a PETER MCGUIRE sealing medium in said hollow foot, whereby In presence ofwhen the foot is screwed in place the valved CHAS. H. MOORE,

l port is securely closed and sealed I GEO. G. MEYER. 

